There aren’t enough miracles to get y’all to the playoffs. And you just lost your top rusher, the one who broke B-B-B-B-B-B-o’s records.

Oh wait, Cameron Artis-Payne is even better than Mason was, right? That’s always the Auburn ploy…even though if that were the case Tre freaking Mason wouldn’t have been the bell cow, but that makes too much sense, eh barner? Just like “Jeremy Johnson iz even better than that thar Nick Marshulllll…”

Yeeeeaaahhhhh….

You won’t even compete for the West title next year. Your flash in the pan came and went. Hope you enjoyed it.

]]>By: Crimsonitehttp://capstonereport.com/2014/01/09/big-changes-coming-tide-offensive-staff/22833/#comment-1144451
Sat, 11 Jan 2014 01:39:14 +0000http://capstonereport.com/?p=22833#comment-1144451Ya think maybe Saban was just a little bit more pissed off about losing to the Chicken Farm than he let show? He’s not the type to blame others when he’s in charge,, but he along with the rest of us must have had a chapped ass about the play calling. Now we know the real reason Lame, can I still call him Lame, confusing, came to TitleTown. Saban intended to file 13 ol’ Nuss. Bwaa Haww Haww! Didn’t take long 7 years for that ol’ West Virginie boy to learn what we do in Alabama to coaches when they fuck up the Iron Bowl. Ya’ll do know that Kifin was once a hell of an assisstant at USC. He coached the only team in history with dual Heisman winners – Bush an Lienart. This will be interesting. Now the fuckung Weagles have something to entertain them.ROTFLMMFAO! RTR!
]]>By: HateSmurfCoachhttp://capstonereport.com/2014/01/09/big-changes-coming-tide-offensive-staff/22833/#comment-1144327
Sat, 11 Jan 2014 01:24:00 +0000http://capstonereport.com/?p=22833#comment-1144327Lame Kiffin. You mullets will be asking for his head after two games with a new Qback. Haha. Auburn definitely will be headed to next years playoff while you gumps will be wallowing in your own hatred!!!!!
]]>By: Fat_Dyehttp://capstonereport.com/2014/01/09/big-changes-coming-tide-offensive-staff/22833/#comment-1143574
Fri, 10 Jan 2014 23:32:19 +0000http://capstonereport.com/?p=22833#comment-1143574It is what it is …. Despite all the bitching and moaning there isn’t much that can be done about it now . Only time will tell how this is gonna play out . Saban is no fool . But if it were Auburn or anywhere else that hired this guy for the position what would you do about it ?? I’m up for change and have never really thought much about the guy until his name was brought up a few weeks ago . No matter what path you take in life we all make mistakes and bad decisions some more worse than others. He isn’t gonna be making the big decisions or be in control of the program . He is gonna be under one of the best if not the best coach in college football this day . Different situation , same guy . We all have to grow up in our lives and careers at some point and time . No matter what . ROLL TIDE !!!! 2 losses and people want Saban run out of town . 2 losses … Smdh . A true fan stands behind their team . Laugh it up Aubies . This Offense more than likely is gonna hand your asses to you next year . I’m confident the Gus bus has run out of gas . Kinda like ol Cam Newton and Marshall . Both got in trouble for stealing and such but were the greatest thing since bottled water . Hypocrites . Lmao .
]]>By: Cantduithttp://capstonereport.com/2014/01/09/big-changes-coming-tide-offensive-staff/22833/#comment-1143352
Fri, 10 Jan 2014 23:02:19 +0000http://capstonereport.com/?p=22833#comment-1143352ITK NOTE: B.S. alert…This poster was posting as “Bamaboy,” pretending to be a “concerned Bama fan.” He has no integrity. Read at your own amusement/descretion.

Kiffin……ROFLMFAO!!!!! This is the funniest shit I have heard in a long while! You bastards was just calling this guy ” lame kiffin ” a few years ago , and now you are here singing his praises? Fucking hilarious! kiffin’s wife thought living in Knoxville was bad!? Wait till she meets the bubba’s in Tuscaloosa! Great hire nicky!

]]>By: Hunter Fordhttp://capstonereport.com/2014/01/09/big-changes-coming-tide-offensive-staff/22833/#comment-1143278
Fri, 10 Jan 2014 22:53:03 +0000http://capstonereport.com/?p=22833#comment-1143278So it is official, Lane Kiffin? I’m willing to give him a shot. He has a good track record as an OC and I believe was just not ready to be a head coach at a pretty young age. We’ll see won’t we? And to think I JUST got through submitting a basketball article. Bama 1-0 in SEC play. Meanwhile in Birmingham UAB is 11-3 in roundball with a win over North Carolina. More on basketball later.
]]>By: The Conduithttp://capstonereport.com/2014/01/09/big-changes-coming-tide-offensive-staff/22833/#comment-1141889
Fri, 10 Jan 2014 20:06:33 +0000http://capstonereport.com/?p=22833#comment-1141889I hear you. CJ Mosely did have a stellar season last year too, don’t forget. I’ll miss that guy. The University of Alabama turned him from a talented player to a very talented leader.
]]>By: pete4tidehttp://capstonereport.com/2014/01/09/big-changes-coming-tide-offensive-staff/22833/#comment-1140461
Fri, 10 Jan 2014 17:28:53 +0000http://capstonereport.com/?p=22833#comment-1140461Agree with your opinion, Conduit. I think Bama’s defense suffered more from having no disruptive giant on their defensive line, notably the noseguard position. If the Bama D missed anything this year, it was Jesse Williams disrupting the formations and plays of the opposing team by taking on 2 and 3 offensive linemen and still getting into the backfield on nearly every play. As Gene Stallings has said, the way to defend the HUNH is to make sure everyone in the backfield is on their butts when the play starts. I sure hope we can get a true run-stopper at noseguard in the next season. Can you imagine the season CJ Mosely would have had if there had been the prior season’s D-line in place?
]]>By: The Conduithttp://capstonereport.com/2014/01/09/big-changes-coming-tide-offensive-staff/22833/#comment-1138807
Fri, 10 Jan 2014 14:21:29 +0000http://capstonereport.com/?p=22833#comment-1138807I couldn’t disagree more about Alabama’s defense being bad this year. Yes, the HUNH helps, but Alabama helped the HUNH by turning the ball over on fundamental mistakes more times in the two losses than the rest of the season combined. I would argue throwing a soft lob short into triple coverage is something the defense doesn’t have control of, for example, and while busted deep coverage is one thing, the HUNH is designed to cause confusion, not break down fundamentals. The fact that when the HUNH was replaced on any given down with line-up football these teams were mostly stuffed should help explain why the HUNH isn’t Alabama’s kryptonite, it’s Alabama’s stubbed toe. I dislike the HUNH more for how difficult it is to try to watch on television and in person than for how teams that use it have had any degree of success against Alabama. It simply isn’t enough on its own.

For what it’s worth, there are more teams running faster-paced offenses than ever before, attempting to score more points as a result of running more plays and attempt to win that way rather than leaning on a markable defense at all. While Saban is recruiting smaller, faster guys to adjust to these styles of offense, the idea is that it will help more against the faster initial pace rather than to explicitly combat the HUNH, and that’s what I’m most curious about with Alabama’s offense going forward——I still like man-up, face-to-face, smashmouth football, but the field is starting to run dry of teams that are willing to play football that way, notably in the SEC.

]]>By: ITKhttp://capstonereport.com/2014/01/09/big-changes-coming-tide-offensive-staff/22833/#comment-1137146
Fri, 10 Jan 2014 11:30:52 +0000http://capstonereport.com/?p=22833#comment-1137146Exactly.
]]>By: Crimsonitehttp://capstonereport.com/2014/01/09/big-changes-coming-tide-offensive-staff/22833/#comment-1135607
Fri, 10 Jan 2014 08:48:36 +0000http://capstonereport.com/?p=22833#comment-1135607Well hell, if ya’ll want that shit then let’s hire BYU’s OC. They averaged 100 plays a game. Talk about killing the defense. Screw that shit. Saban will never go to a true spread HUNH. You can’t build the kind of defense that he specializes in when you run that pussy offense. Everybody ends up running their ass off trying to catch all the damn chickens and they never get to bust ass one on one, which is what makes a defense tough. Now if you want to train sissy’s for a soccer team, then by all means go HUNH. Saban has a fundamental flaw in his defense when it goes against a true HUNH with good talent, and so far he hasn’t found a way to correct it. I’ll guarantee you that he will find a way, cause he just is not going to radically change his system. But the truth is, he doesn’t need radical change. You do realize that we would have stomped hell out of Weagle, Okie and FSU if the team had not decided to play stupid, and if the play calling had been more aggressive. We scored almost enough on offense playing like shit on defense to have won the games. Okie did not run on us, and Weagle did not pass on us. Weagle did not run all that great on FSU, but the had lots more yards total. Bama’s defense when playing its best is better than FSU’s. Under the system we are now using, there is no way any team should beat Bama when we score 28 points. This defense just did not have the talent, experience and chemistry that our last 4 defense’s had on the line or in the secondary. It is not necessary to change the system. It is only necessary to play like champions. I’m for hiring Kiffin or Neuheisel or Groh. Kitchens is a stupid idea. He’s the worst QB in Bama history. He does not have the experience or imagination to run some kind of hybrid pro set HUNH. What’s more, he looks even less like an athlete now than he did in college. With out a doubt he has never passed on an offer to eat at Golden Corral. Talk about a step backwards. I’d rather have McElwain or Nussmeir coaching drunk than Kitchens sober. And forget McElwain’s excoordinator at Colorado St. That’s why he’s not at Colorado St anymore. Their offense sucked in 2012. This year without him, Mac’s offense was very good. RTR!
]]>By: The Conduithttp://capstonereport.com/2014/01/09/big-changes-coming-tide-offensive-staff/22833/#comment-1133281
Fri, 10 Jan 2014 04:26:34 +0000http://capstonereport.com/?p=22833#comment-1133281I’m sure you’ll just bash this, but Chad Morris runs a faster paced offense, not the HUNH. I’m just saying.
]]>By: ITKhttp://capstonereport.com/2014/01/09/big-changes-coming-tide-offensive-staff/22833/#comment-1132321
Fri, 10 Jan 2014 02:44:20 +0000http://capstonereport.com/?p=22833#comment-1132321I can’t disagree with you. I’ve said many times I think the HUNH is a cheap offensive scheme based on trickery. I doubt Saban goes that route, but if he does I’ll go with it. One, because Saban has forgotten more about the game than I’ll ever know, and two because the game is changing. You have to have the ability to score points and lots of them, no matter who you’re playing.

I’m not sure Bama’s current scheme could put up 49 points on the road in the searing heat at College Station like it did last year, week in and week out. Bama had no running game in 2013, and without a running game their passing game, based on play action, was hampered greatly.

We’ll see what he does. But I don’t think any of the candidates would be a bad choice.